Politics & Government

Job Cuts Held Municipal Wage Hike to Less Than 1 Percent

$28.6 million in salaries budgeted in 2013 spending plan.

Salaries and wages for township employees increased by only $136,000 this year.

More than $28.6 million in salaries and wages has been budgeted this year, as compared to the slightly more than the $28.5 million that was budgeted last year, an increase of less than one half of one percent.

Six positions were eliminated this year, which helped keep the increase to a minimum, Mayor Chris Vergano said.

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The positions were: assistant township engineer, police department secretary, director of purchasing, sewer plant secretary, water meter repairman and violations clerk.

Thirty-eight positions have been eliminated since Vergano became mayor in 2008, including the six this year. The savings from the moves totals more than $6.4 million.

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The Police Department was among the units to receive a slight increase of 1.4 percent. The contract between the township and the department's personnel is collectively bargained. 

The $78.1 million budget will increase the average homeowner's municipal taxes by $59.

Salaries and Wages

Department/Unit 2013 2012 Office of the Clerk $336,211 $332,708 Office of the Mayor $77,700 $86,963 Department of Administration Division of Administration $417,960 $432,385 Division of Public Buildings $210,952 $217,176 Fire Official $341,291 $338,414 Department of Finance Division of the Treasury $342,739 $345,908 Division of Revenue Collection $121,100 $121,606 Division of Information Technologies $236,387 $236,531 Department of Assessments $355,108 $352,221 Legal Department $358,747 $354,239 Department of Planning $378,176 $375,693 Police Department $17,152,900

$16,921,348

Department of Public Works

 

Emergency Managment Services $50,243 $49,850 Waterways Management Board $0 $252,172 Division of Roads $2,066,782 $1,786,323 Division of Traffic and Safety $289,390 $286,709 Division of Equipment Maintenance $536,088 $531,189 Division of Building Inspection $789,674 $780,489 Division of Engineering $561,901 $645,845 Division of Recycling and Solid Waste $385,384 $418,000 Department of Health and Welfare Division of Health $681,654 $678,378 Animal Control $125,000 $125,000 Division of Welfare $52,724 $51,945 Department of Parks and Recreation Division of Parks and Forestry $1,909,607 $1,892,642 Division of Recreation $324,654 $327,882 Historical Commission $32,476 $32,476


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